A student from Connecticut is facing charges as a classmate who injured himself recovers at the hospital

Feb. 21, 2013

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COLCHESTER — A 19-year-old St. Michaelís College student was arrested Thursday on a drug charge in an investigation that began after another student jumped off a bridge last week, Colchester police said.

Colin Q. Basler, a sophomore from Old Lyme, Conn., was arrested without incident and charged with possession and distribution of LSD, police said. Basler is due to appear Tuesday in Vermont Superior Court in Burlington. As of Thursday afternoon, he had withdrawn from school and left campus, according to college spokeswoman Buff Lindau.

Baslerís arrest resulted from a police investigation that began after another St. Michaelís student, 19-year-old Ethan Levine, jumped off the Lime Kiln bridge onto railroad tracks about 40 feet below on Friday evening. Beforehand, he had destroyed merchandise at Simonís convenience store, police said, and was being chased by college security.

The store and the bridge both are near the campus.

Levine, a first-year student from Marblehead, Mass., was taken to Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, where he was reported to be in fair condition Thursday afternoon. He has not been charged.

Detective Sgt. Charles Cole of Colchester police said the investigation continues, with the cooperation of St. Michaelís Office of Public Safety and the college administration. A Colchester Police Department news release stated that the investigation is looking into an off-campus drug supply, and more arrests are expected.